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We are all getting a bit stir crazy, but most of us are still able to get out for walks, bike rides, etc.  Use this opportunity to observe and investigate the natural world around you.  If you are not able to go on a nature walk, there are a ton of virtual field trips throughContinue reading “Activity Idea: Nature Investigation”

Did you know that astronauts are still launching into space?  While we’re in quarantine, on April 9th NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and Roscosmos cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner will launch Expedition 63 to the International Space Station (ISS)! Does becoming an astronaut sound like fun to you too?  How to Start: Are you interestedContinue reading “Activity Idea: Becoming an Astronaut”

Okay, so we can’t actually go on a field trip, or at least we really shouldn’t.  But now’s the time to take advantage of all the amazing virtual field trips available online.  Where have you always wanted to go? What have you always wanted to see?  Is it a museum?  A national park?  What interestsContinue reading “Activity Idea: Field Trips”

How many others find planning two meals a day taxing?  The weekends used to be tough enough but now having to do it every day, on top of monitor schoolwork and doing my own work, is just exhausting.  In talking with my kids, we (and by “we” I mean “I”) have decided to change howContinue reading “Activity Idea: Meal Planning”

Getting stir-crazy?  Cabin fever setting in?  Need some space (yes, I went there)? Well, fear not!  Today’s activity will solve all your problems: Launch your imagination AND use up all those empty food cartons, containers, cans, etc. from the past week at home.  How to start: Inform your child/children they have been hired to designContinue reading “Activity Idea: Design a Rocket”